New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-02
BANK TELLER AND MONEY GONE.
FLIGHT OF A BALTIMORE DEFAULTER.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THAT CITY ROBBED
OF OVER $4,000 BY TRUSTED OFFICIAL.
IRY TELEGRAPH TO TRIBuNE.l

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THAT CITY ROBBED
OF OVER $4,000 BY A TRUSTED OFFICIAL.
LBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l
BALTrMoRF. Feb. John d. Lisle, the discount
clerk In the First National Bank of this city, belong
ing to a wellknown family and who has always been
regarded exemplary man. is detaulter. He has
been missing since Saturday and Is supposed to have
follt wed the Northern route Of most financial men
when they get into trouble The dealcations not
John ". Hail. of this bank, states that the discovery
only made by accident, and the probability Is that
Lisle would have gone for years without detect on
so systematic was his style Of stealing The National
bank examiner, who made a careful examination
short time ago, reported everything all right Lsle
was Union veteran. a member of Wilson Post Grand
Army of the Republic and received pension of $10
month for wound received during the war; Experts
are going the books of the bank for ter years
back. The president In official statement made to
the press regarding the defalcatiOn, says:
"The directors week ago had occasion to suspect
Lisle note among the bulls in the bank was not
apparently straight, and on Friday last this matter
was closely looked after. Lisle doubtless became
alarmed as the went and knew that his
detection imminent. He did not make his appear
ance au the bank Saturday morning and the cashier
upon examination of Lisles drawer and box for vau
ables found that he had taken all the cash, amounting
to So 800 Detectives employed as soon as prac-
tcabe and they went 70 Lise's hOme on the Western
MARYLAND Railroad near GyDdOn. but he was not
found His wife was alarmed at the queries of the de-
ectves and asked if her husband not at the bank
who drove him to the railroad station reported that
Lsle taken sick on the way and was in very low
spirits. Lise had been in the bank tor twenty .one
Years. almost since It's organization. lie acted aa
assistant receiving teller well discount clerk.
lie carried his populations by substituting bogus
for good paner although after he disappeared none OF
the bogus paper ionnd. lie took it away no doubt
because it would have been evidence OF the frauds Ii
a man paid note with money Lise would take the
cash. give the man the note, of which he must have
kept record of his own, and on occasions when
an examination was going on he would substitute
bogus notes to cover the amounts stolen. III, as an
illustration he had been paid five $1,000 notes and
took that amount he could, when the bank examiner
made his appearance slip q bogus note tor $lO,OOO
into the pile OF paper and this would balance the
account. The examiner could not in the volume OF
paper in bank with large business like that or the
First National detect bogus paper At least that has
been the result and less than three different ex
aminers have made Investigations.
"The bank" continued the president has large
profit and loss account meet losses and the loss Will
not as advised, be larger than can be COW
cred from this account The wife OF Lise owns nice
little farm Glyndon which he has handsomely
improved. He carried on dairy business and VAS
paid good salary probably larger than is given to
any other bank discount clerk in Baltimore lie was
comfortably fxed with an interesting family OF wife
and FIVE small chile ren, and there was so tar as the
bank people could see tor dishonest course
on the part of their trusted employe. He Is about
forty years of age II is than probable that Lse
used the money ne took it, and that he did not have
more than the $500 he took in cash when he quit
last Friday As to his habits whether expensive or
not whether he addicted to speculation, does
not appear TO he understood The affair bas chagrned
and mort ied the employees OF the bank and the old
directors"
The First National Bank has a capital of
81 ,000, ,000 with q large surplus.
The first reports concerned the First National Bank OF
this city and many credulous nqurers visited the bank
soon after the rumors ahoa Cashier Ebenezer
sconcld scratched the place where usually wear
hair and remarked The amount IL too small. | have
skipped with anything small asSlOOOOo for can
make more money by staying right where am. When
conclude to leave the bank shall carry with me more
than the mentioned In street rumors. am not a de-
hind iu acCOuuts"